Circuit Board Parts: Procurement for Electronic Product Design
No electronic product can get to the market without a circuit board, which is why it is essential for PCB designers to look at the supply chain for circuit board parts early and often if they want assurance they can get their product to market on-time and on-budget.
Ultra Librarian and TDK Partner to Provide a Multi-Power Module Reference Design in 8 Different CAD Formats
Ultra Librarian® (http://www.ultralibrarian.com), the world’s largest free cloud-based CAD library provider, today announced its partnership with TDK to bring design engineers a 5W to 40W DC-DC multi-module reference design, from TDK’s µPOL™ Embedded DC-DC Converters product line, that enables design engineers to go from concept to design in under 15 minutes. “This reference design is available in eight […]
TIP2955 and TIP3055 Equivalents: Complementary NPN-PNP Power Transistors
NPN and PNP Power Transistors It is remarkable how much genealogy is reflected in the software and hardware systems that we use daily. For example, there are software programs based on evolutionary learning where an initial assumption of genes or variables are continually updated—through selection, mutation, and recombination—to arrive at a superior result. Then, there […]
MAXREFDES220: Reference Designs for Finger-Based Heart Rate and Pulse Oximetry Product Prototyping
If you’re getting started on a design in a new application area or you’re developing an innovative new product, the design process will be easier if you have resources to help you get started.
Best Practices for Finding and Using Electronics Reference Designs
Electronics reference designs can help you quickly build a new product and develop your application. It can be difficult to start using new components, especially if you’ve never used anything similar. There are times when an engineer needs to jump into a totally unfamiliar area and may need guidance as to which components are needed […]
Engineering the Next Frontier with Texas Instruments
While there has been a lot of progress in reducing costs with new business models and technologies around space transportation and deployment the costs, timelines, and risks of launching a product into space are unlike any other type of product deployment. With these upfront costs and limited ability / affordability to perform maintenance on […]
The AD620 Datasheet: A Low Cost, High Accuracy Instrumentation Amplifier
Amplifiers are fundamental analog circuits meant for signal reproduction and magnification, and they are an important part of analog and mixed-signal systems.
The TMC2130 vs. the TMC2208: A Comparison of Two-Phase Bipolar Stepper Motor Drivers
Sometimes, there is a perception that a motor can just be connected to any old power supply and it can be regulated by adjusting the voltage. This might be fine for a simple brushed motor, but more advanced units like stepper motors and servo motors need a driver IC to provide the necessary power and […]
Selecting a Highly Efficient, Dual Full-Bridge MOSFET Driver
Motor control solutions can be intimidating for new designers, but they have surprisingly simple topology and driving mechanisms.
TJA1050 vs. MCP2551: Surface Mount, High-Speed CAN Transceivers
CAN bus transceiver signal lines If you design and develop electronics systems, you likely encounter buzzwords such as IoT, Industrial IoT (IIoT), or Industry 4.0. These terms refer to the use of advanced technologies within production systems or operating environments that utilize remote communication. For production, communication may be between machines located within the same […]